fbi director, james comey severely criticized the democratic nominee for president and that may be his most damming statement. >> we did not find evidence that secretary clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive highly classified information. and comey contradicted clinton's statements that she never received or sent emails that were classified at the time. 110 email chains were believed to contain class -- >> looking back at the mishandling or removal of

classified information we cannot find a case that supports charges on these facts. >> clinton has no comment. but this from her campaign, as the secretary long said it was a mistake to use her personal email and we are glad this matter is resolve. don't expect the politics are resolved. donald trump tweeted. the system is rigged, very, very unfair and as usual bad judgment and one may expect that is only the beginning. sara bloomquist is getting reaction to all of 24 and she has more. >> ill-advised by not criminal. >> here on rittenhouse square most heard that the fbi will not recommend charged against hillary clinton for her use of a private email server as secretary of state. many believe the inquiry that dogged her campaign appears to be over for good. >> the convention is in a couple of weeks. this topic will die away, and they will have to come up with a scandal to keep this alive.

>> she made a mistake, who doesn't in you tell me who doesn't make a mission take. >> but fbi director james comey went on to say they were careless in handling very sensitive and classified information. some voters see that as a red herring and could not let go of the possibility that she may have broken the law. >> his language was excessive carelessness and there is a law against i believe the espionage act. >> matt is chair of the political science department of villanova. he says it was unusual for the fbi to lay out the investigation and conclusion in such detail. s result was not surprise and not likely to have impact on voters opinions on clinton. >> she is in the public eye for many years, and those that are inclined to question her judgment or honesty will have

reason to do so and those that feel she has been overinvestigated will feel vindicated. >> sara bloomquist reporting from center city philadelphia. clinton will make a campaign stop in front of atlantic city's boardwalk hall tomorrow. she will deliver a speech on what she call the donald trump's failed business record. and world news tonight will have more on the email scandal on world news after "action news" tonight. and septa has removed one-third of their regional rail throat because of a defect in the car's suspensions and it apoors they won't be back any time soon. john rawlin is live. >> reporter: i think they will tell you they are glad they had a three day holiday to develop the plan. the man in charge here said he

thought it started well but as the rush hour develop, there were snags and some trains fell behind even the modified schedule they had. >> day one for septa's rail contingency plan. not a mass transit melt down. some trains passed by waiting would be riders. >> they passed us by and this one here was okay. and it was standing room only. >> we did see delays, it started out not so bad but as the morning went on, by 7:30 or so. there were some trains that had to skip stations because they were full to capacity. >> septa's gm promising adjustments but saying it could be worse because of the july 4th holiday. >> it could be worse tomorrow. i have to say it.

>> they are asking rail riders to try alternatives, seventy mating only a thousand did today. they hope that they will drive here and hop the subway. septa is scrambling because the newest rail cars, the silver liner rail cars are grounded because of significant safety issues, the 2 million a piece cars were assembled between 2010 and 2013. cracks in the undercarriage were found in 20% of the cars. the company has no comment. they are meeting with officials of the south korean firm. trying to determine what happened, and how it happened and what possible fixes can we make. some fixes could be faster and some would take longer. >> so from an engineering standpoint. still at the early stage, no one can say with certainty what caused this problem. they reiterated that septa was

blindsided with the problem the safety issue last friday. they did not know about the cracks prior to that time. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. "action news" viewers are tweeting pictures and videos of their septa commutes today. we invite you to continue to do so at #6abcaction and keep up to date with the latest on septa at 6abc.com our extended coverage includes slideshows and videos and of course the latest information. police are investigating a shooting in pennypack park, in the may fair section of philadelphia. police responded to the 7400 block of roland street at 12:30 this afternoon. a man suffered gunshot wounds to the stomach and the victim was taken to area torresdale in stable condition. police have no motive or arrests in the shooting. in camden a special task force is formed to investigate

the 14 fires that broke out over the weekend. janet reyes is live in camden. what are police and fire officials saying about this? >> reporter: well jim, it's clear according to what they said that this mystery is deepening here in camden where 14 homes have caught fire including this one here. this is the very last one, they teamed up with federal authorities for the investigation but it seems that residents will be their greatest accident. fire is becoming an increasingly familiar sound here in camden this. they are not battling accidental home fires but something sinister. >> they have different points of origins. >> the facts are startling, 14 fires in broad daylight and four are significant. one has been occupieoccupied. seven firefighters are injured some from carbon monoxide and

some heat exhaustion. >> you look at this and this not good. not good at all. >> paul owns a construction company and just moved in this location on friday. over the weekend the two vans in the alley adjacent to his business were torched blowing out his windows. i moved out of broadway and coming back to the new community here and thinking everything will be good. >> at least he could get a look at the culprit thanks to these cameras, one directed at the alley. >> we put it in and we would be able to run the tape. >> the security company never activated the cameras. >> nothing was turned on. >> a multiagency investigation is being led by camden county police, they are frantically working to catch the brazen person behind it. >> if you have a vacant house fire in a row home, the odds of traveling to an occupied structure is very good. >> clues are desperately needed

to crack the case before the unknown person strikes again. you can see the department of public works here hard at work patching up the homes. now, police tell me they need the public's help on this one, if you saw anything go ahead and give them a call. we have the information on our website at 6abc.com. reporting live in camden, janet reyes, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. newly released surveillance video shows a possible suspect in two attempted abductions in newark, delaware. two women were attacks hours apart. it happened late sunday and early yesterday morning. both on the 1800 block of main street. both say that a man put a chemical soaked rag over their mouths. bill cosby will be back in a montgomery county courtroom on thursday, his lawyers argue that his accuser, andrea constand

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eight extra base hits yesterday season have double digit hit to totals in 8 of their last 10 games. >> it was probably something i said. i take all the credit for it. i don't know -- they are just swinging the bats well and made adjustments and time for them to start to hit the way we thought they were capable of and we challenged them and they came through. >> they say that hitting is contagious, when the line keeps moving everybody keeps getting the hits. good at-bats and quality at-bats and things happen. >> we had a hot stretch and then a cold stretch and now hot again. >> if i look at it, i'm pleased mostly with the performance of the young players and the energy level. to basketball to you the sixers have yet to snag a big name in free agency. gerald henderson is set to sign

a two year $18 million contract with the team. he played at episcopal academy and he was in the league for seven years and averaged 17 points per game for portland. his father plays for the sixers in 1980. ben simmons is okay physically and more than okay as a basketball player. they have the sixers feeling good about his stud. he made his draft debut in summer league play and it doesn't tell the entire story, the court vision especially the passing was on point. simmons battled cramps in both legs and that cut the night short. there is little concern over that and he feels he is adjusting to life in the nba. >> if feels good playing with the gods, i'm adjusting to everyone's skill set and we are growing as a team and getting better every game, i'm looking forward to it. >> no simmons for the afternoon

summer league game against the antonio spurs. >> the first quarter the german guard a star at columbia a couple of years ago, that is impressive. second quarter quenton decozy, the temple standout trying to make the san antonio squad and also ryan arcidiacono the former guard. that game is still in progress. there will be hot weather coming our way. we'll be right back.

the show will go on tonight in newark delaware, last night's rainy weather washed out the city's 4th of july festivities, the liberty celebration is yubd underway right now. it begins at dusk. the city of wilmington rescheduled for august 20th and dover pushed its celebration to september 3rd. that is just before labor day. >> yes. >> accuweather forecast for the week ahead. this is tuesday so for the remainder of the week ahead it feels like monday for some of us. >> i worked yesterday, it feels like a tuesday to me. and it's going to be hot. hot and humid for really the rest of the week. stormtracker 6 live double scan getting a break after working overtime last night and this morning. now a good amount of sunshine and sky 6 hd taking a look at the beach in cape may. a lot of folks were enjoying the

weather out there. the sunshine is back after the rain yesterday but the warm front that brought the rain is bringing us a change in our air mass. a heat advisory is posted along the i-95 corridor tomorrow. the reason why the heat index. the combination of heat and humidity is looking like this late tomorrow afternoon generally the mid to upper 90s along the i-95 corridor, this is the kind of heat and humidity we have not experienced since last summer. you will want to take it easy even now the dew points close to 70 degrees in philadelphia. 68 degrees and you get dew points above 70 and that is oppressive that is where it is in cape may, dover 73 and the heat and the humidity will be increasing over the next three days. the heat index make its feel like 92 degrees in philadelphia. the same in millville and wilmington and cape may, feels like 95 degrees in dover.

satellite 6 along with action radar showing that warm front that brought more than 2 inches of rain for parts of cape may county, that now cleared the area and showers across northern virginia and sinking down to the south and tonight is rain free but warm and it will be very humid and with the humidity, and the wet ground in some areas, patchy fog will develop and overnight low 66 in the cooler suburbs dropping down to 66 in center city. we are not alone in the heat and humidity. the jet stream is well to the north that mean most of the nation is sweltering and this air mass is moving our way tomorrow and especially thursday and friday, that is really going to be the peak of the heat wave. it looks like it will continue into saturday though. so far this year our hot of the day is 92 degrees, it's going to be hotter than that over the next three days, tomorrow a forecast high of 94 and heat index 98, thursday and friday

the air temperature $95 and the heat index up near 100 degrees take it slow. and don't forget your pets. it's humid at the beaches but not as bad as inland. the delaware beaches 87 and new jersey 86. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast the heat is on, hazy, hot and humid tomorrow with a high of 94 degrees, the heat index around 98 and thursday and friday 95 and the heat index around 100 could get pop-up thunderstorms on thursday and a better chance of thunderstorms on friday ahead of a cold front. that front could limp through on saturday. that will bring ugs a chance of thunderstorms firing up, still in the heat wave, 92 degrees and then behind this system on sunday, it's breezy and it's cooler and it's noticeably less

humid with a high of 86 and the same on monday and temperatures begin to trend back up on tuesday, partly sunny and a high of 88 degrees, this is a good excuse to take it easy and find a pool or watch a movie. air conditioning in movie theaters always freezing in there. >> abc world news is next on channel 6 with david muir, "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, and adam joseph. for cecily tynan and adam joseph i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

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tonight, the fbi decision that could have derailed a campaign. the fbi director's scathing words, calling hillary clinton's e-mail extremely careless. but did she dodge a bullet? no criminal charges recommended, and just hours later, the president by her side. tonight, donald trump calling it rigged. the american student murdered. his bodice covered in a river in rome. and what we've just learned tonight. bracing for severe storms at this hour, from minnesota to the east coast. the tornado into a walmart. and the desperate search for an officer, swept away. new developments on the passenger flight that vanished from radar. was the crew battling a fire onboard? and a consumer alert tonight. what are thieves now attaching to some cars without you even knowing? and then, what